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<h2><a name="#top">Annotations</a></h2>
<p>The annotations controls title, legend and labels on the screen.<br></p>
<p><b>Popup menu</b>
<p align="center"><img src="img/annmenu.png"></p>
<br>The <i>Annotations</i> branch opens a popmenu with following commands:
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	<li>New: resets the annotations window.</li>
	<li>Open: opens existing annotations using the TMap Designer native format (.ann).</li>
	<li>Edit: enters or leaves the annotations edit mode in the map window.</li>
	<li>Save: saves the current annotations.</li>		
	<li>Save as: saves a copy of the current annotations under a new name.</li>	
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<p align="center"><br>&nbsp;<img src="img/anntitle.png">&nbsp;<img src="img/annlegend.png">&nbsp;<img src="img/annlabels.png"></p>
<p>The window offers the following widgets:
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<li>Show title: controls the visibility of the title.</li>
<li>Title style: alters the style (font, font size, etc...) of the title.</li>
<li>Title text box: contains the content of the title.</li>
<li>Show legend: controls the visibility of the legend.</li>
<li>Legend style: alters the style (font, font size, etc...) of the legend.</li>
<li>Legend text box: contains the content of the legend.</li>
<li>Show labels: controls the visibility of the labels.</li>
<li>Labels style: alters the style (font, font size, etc...) of the labels.</li>
<li>Display if data &gt;: displays only labels for which polygon value is strictly greater than user input.</li>
<li>Display if data exists for the polygon: displays only labels for which polygon have a value.</li>
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<br><b>Edit color/pattern legend</b><br>
<p align="center"><img src="img/editchorolegend.png">&nbsp;
<p>When the <a href="cd.htm">cartographic display</a> is color/pattern, the <i>Edit color/pattern legend</i> 
button leads a screen where the legend can be edited for each range. Use <i>${low}</i> to
 represent the lower value of the range and <i>${high}</i> to represent the higher value of the range.<br>
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<br><b>Annotations edit mode</b><br><br>
The annotations edit mode allows for editing the annotations directly inside the map window.<br>
<p align="center"><img src="img/annedit.png">&nbsp;</p>
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<img src="../img/toolbar/ic6_palette_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>Palette</u>: opens a color selection window
 to define fill color.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic7_color_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>Fill</u>: fills the clicked polygon with
the color selected using the <i>palette</i> button.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic8_texte_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New text</u>: allows to enter text on the
thematic map.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic23_creerliste_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New label list</u>: creates a label list.
 Polygon labels can be assigned to a label list using the label list combo box that appears
 when a polygon label is double-clicked.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic10_line_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New line</u>: creates a line.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic20_rectangle_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New rectangle</u>: creates a rectangle.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic21_ovale_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New ellipse</u>: creates an ellipse.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic22_triangle_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New triangle</u>: creates a triangle.<br>
<img src="../img/toolbar/ic22_croix_off.gif">&nbsp;<u>New cross</u>: creates a cross.<br>
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